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Payne County, Oklahoma

52 topographic sheets and 28 fire insurance atlases across 5 places.

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From the record

33 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Oklahoma within the United States
Payne County within Oklahoma

What the record shows

  • 5 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Stillwater, Cushing, Perkins, Yale, Ripley, between 1894 and 1948.
  • 28 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 220 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 33 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 28 buildings, 2 districts, 2 sites and 1 structure.
  • 5 of the 33 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 20 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

26 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Statue of Henry G. Bennett on the grounds of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Statue of Henry G. Bennett on the grounds of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
An otherwise-ordinary commercial building in the small Oklahoma city of Yale that's famous locally for being, shockingly orange
An otherwise-ordinary commercial building in the small Oklahoma city of Yale that's famous locally for being, shockingly orange
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
The Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The restored, 1876 Rice-Payne cabin, thought to be the oldest standing house in Yale, a small city in Payne County, Oklahoma, is regularly upstaged by its next-door neighbor, a modest house once occupied by Jim Thorpe, a Native American gold medalist Olympic athlete and, briefly, professional football star
The restored, 1876 Rice-Payne cabin, thought to be the oldest standing house in Yale, a small city in Payne County, Oklahoma, is regularly upstaged by its next-door neighbor, a modest house once occupied by Jim Thorpe, a Native American gold medalist Olympic athlete and, briefly, professional football star
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Many U.S. cities have enormous billboards, large animal sculptures, or other landmarks on the edges of key highways that runs through town
Many U.S. cities have enormous billboards, large animal sculptures, or other landmarks on the edges of key highways that runs through town
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Okie Exchange boutique in Stillwater, Oklahoma
The Okie Exchange boutique in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
We're pretty sure that George doesn't own even one stable, let alone several
We're pretty sure that George doesn't own even one stable, let alone several
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The School of Civil & Environmental Building (note the oil derricks on the roof) at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
The School of Civil & Environmental Building (note the oil derricks on the roof) at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Very old cannons outside the Military Sciences and ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) building at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Very old cannons outside the Military Sciences and ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) building at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Edmon Low Library, the main library at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
The Edmon Low Library, the main library at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A local nursery outside Stillwater, Oklahoma, takes advantage of the late-fall appetite, artistically, visually, and literally, for the allurements of late fall
A local nursery outside Stillwater, Oklahoma, takes advantage of the late-fall appetite, artistically, visually, and literally, for the allurements of late fall
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A massive grain elevator on the edge of Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
A massive grain elevator on the edge of Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Bennett Hall, a huge student dormitory at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Bennett Hall, a huge student dormitory at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Boone Pickens Stadium, the home facility of the Cowboys football team at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Boone Pickens Stadium, the home facility of the Cowboys football team at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Sign and part of the facade of Joe's, a longtime and popular bar and eatery in Stillwater, Oklahoma, home to Oklahoma State University (which supplies many of the establishment's customers)
Sign and part of the facade of Joe's, a longtime and popular bar and eatery in Stillwater, Oklahoma, home to Oklahoma State University (which supplies many of the establishment's customers)
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The metal sunroof over the Dairy Hut in the town of Yale, Oklahoma, is no doubt appreciated at this ice-cream stand on a hot summer's day in this southwestern-U.S. state
The metal sunroof over the Dairy Hut in the town of Yale, Oklahoma, is no doubt appreciated at this ice-cream stand on a hot summer's day in this southwestern-U.S. state
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The modest Jim Thorpe Home in Yale, a small city in Payne County, Oklahoma
The modest Jim Thorpe Home in Yale, a small city in Payne County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The colorful interior of Eskimo Joe's restaurant and bar in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma, is a popular gathering spot
The colorful interior of Eskimo Joe's restaurant and bar in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma, is a popular gathering spot
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The old (1938) public library in Stillwater, Oklahoma
The old (1938) public library in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Eskimo Joe's restaurant and bar in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma, is a popular gathering spot
Eskimo Joe's restaurant and bar in Stillwater, a key agricultural center in Oklahoma, is a popular gathering spot
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Rural scene near the small Payne County, Oklahoma, city of Yale
Rural scene near the small Payne County, Oklahoma, city of Yale
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Thomas N. Berry Estate, U.S. Route 177, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Thomas N. Berry Estate, U.S. Route 177, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Oklahoma State University Campus, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Oklahoma State University Campus, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester Street & Athletic Avenue, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Oklahoma State University, Boys Dormitory, Northwest corner of Hester Street & Athletic Avenue, Stillwater, Payne County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

33

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Bassett House, Thebuilding200909000979
James E. Berry Housebuilding198080003294
Luke D. Berry Housebuilding200707001262
Campus Fire Stationbuilding200404001336
Citizens Bank Buildingbuilding198181000467
Cottonwood Community Centerbuilding198080004291
Hamilton Cross Housebuilding201414000298
Cushing American Legion Buildingbuilding200303000514
Cushing Armorybuilding199494000480
William Frick Housebuilding198080004292
Gillespie Drilling Company Buildingbuilding201212001039
Hoke Buildingbuilding198383002118
Hopkins Sandstone House and Farmsteaddistrict197979002017
Hotel Cushingbuilding2026100012779
Irvings Castlesite197878002257
Long Branch Creek Bridgestructure201414000596
Lytton Building-Masonic Hallbuilding2021100006630
Magruder Plotssite197979002018
Murphy Housebuilding198686002173
Oklahoma A & M College Agronomy Barn and Seed Housebuilding200404000519
Oklahoma A&M College Dairy Barnbuilding201414001030
Old Central, Oklahoma State Universitybuilding197171000672
Payne County Courthousebuilding198484003410
Perkins Downtown Historic Districtdistrict200000001578
Pleasant Valley Schoolbuilding199190002182
Pruett Housebuilding201616000622
Josephine Reifsnyder Lustron Housebuilding200909000078
Selph Buildingbuilding198383002119
Stillwater Santa Fe Depotbuilding198080004293
Jim Thorpe Housebuilding197171000673
Christian K. Usher Lustron Housebuilding200909000079
Walker Buildingbuilding198383002120
White Cloud Lodgebuilding201010000619

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 of 4 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 4 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Airport obstruction chart, OC 5151, Stillwater Municipal Airport, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5151, Stillwater Municipal Airport, Stillwater, Oklahoma. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

20 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 732 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 20 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-25, scale 1:64600
1954-03-25, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-25, scale 1:64600
1954-03-25, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-25, scale 1:64600
1954-03-25, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-25, scale 1:64600
1954-03-25, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-27, scale 1:20000
1964-03-27, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-27, scale 1:20000
1964-03-27, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-27, scale 1:20000
1964-03-27, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-27, scale 1:20000
1964-03-27, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-05, scale 1:18000
1968-02-05, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-05, scale 1:18000
1968-02-05, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-05, scale 1:18000
1968-02-05, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-05, scale 1:18000
1968-02-05, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-02, scale 1:20000
1973-02-02, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-02, scale 1:20000
1973-02-02, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-02, scale 1:20000
1973-02-02, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-02, scale 1:20000
1973-02-02, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-27, scale 1:21000
1974-01-27, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-27, scale 1:21000
1974-01-27, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-27, scale 1:21000
1974-01-27, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-01-27, scale 1:21000
1974-01-27, scale 1:21000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

29 stations, 7 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

60 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 60-1Cherokee township
  • 60-2Cimarron township - Outside Ripley town
  • 60-3Clarkson township
  • 60-4Clayton township
  • 60-5Clear Creek township
  • 60-6Cushing city: Cushing city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Oak; Thompson Ave.
  • 60-7Cushing city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Thompson Ave.; Oak; Steele Ave.
  • 60-8Cushing city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Vine; City limits
  • 60-9Cushing city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Vine, City limits; Steele Ave.; Main; Depot Ave., City limits
  • 60-10Cushing city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits, Depot Ave., Main; Steele Ave.; Oak; City limits
  • 60-11Cushing city - That part comprising Ward 3, excluding Ambassador Hotel Bounded by Oak; Cleveland Ave.; City limits; City limits
  • 60-12Ambassador Hotel (In Cushing city, Ward 3)
  • 60-13Cushing city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Oak; City limits; City limits; City limits, Wilson Ave.
  • 60-14Cushing city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Oak; Wilson Ave.; City limits; Little Ave.
  • 60-15Cushing city - That part of Ward 4, excluding Cushing Hotel Bounded by Oak; Little Ave., City limits; City limits; City limits, Cleveland Ave.
  • 60-16Cushing Hotel (In Cushing city, Ward 4)
  • 60-17Eagle township - Outside Quay town and Yale city
  • 60-18Eden township
  • 60-19Elm Grove township
  • 60-20Glencoe town
  • 60-21Glencoe township - Outside Glencoe town
  • 60-22Henry township
  • 60-23Indian township
  • 60-24Mound township
  • 60-25Paradise township
  • 60-26Pawnee township
  • 60-27Perkins town
  • 60-28Perkins township - Outside Perkins town
  • 60-29Quay town - That part in Payne County (Remainder of Quay town is in Pawnee County)
  • 60-30Ripley town
  • 60-31Rose township - Outside Glencoe town
  • 60-32Stillwater city: Stillwater city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Tyler Ave.; Washington (Albert Pike), City limits
  • 60-33Stillwater city - That part Bounded by City limits, Washington (Albert Pike), Tyler Ave., City limits; City limits; City limits, McElroy Ave., N. Duck, McGeorge Ave.; Washington, Carter, City limits
  • 60-34Stillwater city - That part Bounded by Carter, Washington, McGeorge Ave.; N. Duck, Mathews Ave., Knoblock, College Ave., Knoblock; W. 6th Ave., Washington, W. 6th Ave.; Monroe, City limits
  • 60-35Stillwater city - That part Bounded by McElroy Ave.; City limits, Main; Maple Ave.; Knoblock, Mathews Ave., N. Duck
  • 60-36Stillwater city - That part, excluding the area which is not a part of the city, although situated within the corporate limits of the city Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; City limits, Doty
  • 60-37Stillwater city - That part Bounded by City limits; Doty; City limits; Perkins Rd., City limits
  • 60-38Stillwater city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, Perkins Rd.; E. 6th Ave., Lowry, E. 6th Ave.; Main
  • 60-39Stillwater city - That part Bounded by Maple Ave.; Main; W. 6th Ave.; Knoblock, College Ave., Knoblock
  • 60-40Stillwater city - That part Bounded by City limits; Monroe; College Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 60-41Stillwater city - That part Bounded by College Ave.; Monroe; W. 6th Ave.; Walnut, W. 4th Ave., Cleveland
  • 60-42Stillwater city - That part Bounded by College Ave.; Cleveland, W. 4th Ave., Walnut; W. 6th Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 60-43Stillwater city - That part Bounded by W. 6th Ave.; Adams, W. 7th Ave., Blakeley; W. 9th Ave.; City limits
  • 60-44Stillwater city - That part Bounded by W. 6th Ave., Washington, W. 6th Ave.; Knoblock; W. 9th Ave.; Blakeley, W. 7th Ave., Adams
  • 60-45Stillwater city - That part Bounded by W. 6th Ave.; Main; W. 10th Ave.; Knoblock
  • 60-46Stillwater city - That part Bounded by E. 6th Ave., Lowry, E. 6th Ave.; Perkins Rd., City limits, Perkins Rd.; E. 12th Ave.; Main
  • 60-47Stillwater city - That part Bounded by E. 12th Ave., Perkins Rd., City limits; City limits; City limits; Main
  • 60-48Stillwater city - That part Bounded by W. 10th Ave.; Main; City limits; City limits, W. 15th Ave., Knoblock
  • 60-49Stillwater city - That part Bounded by W. 9th Ave, Knoblock; W. 15th Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 60-50BStillwater township: Veterans Village, unincorporated - That part Bounded by La Rue Du Colonel; La Rue Liaison, La Rue Midi; La Rue Du Sud; La Rue Royale
  • 60-50AStillwater township: Veterans Village, unincorporated - That part Bounded by La Rue Du Colonel; Stillwater city limits; Farm road; Unnamed road, La Rue Midi, La Rue Liaison
  • 60-51Stillwater township: Veterans Village, unincorporated - That part Bounded by La Rue Du Colonel; La Rue Royale; La Rue Du Sud; Unnamed road, La Rue Midi, La Rue Pigalle
  • 60-52Stillwater township: Veterans Village, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed road; Unnamed road; La Rue Du Sud; Unnamed road, La Rue Midi, Unnamed road
  • 60-53Stillwater township: Veterans Village, unincorporated - That part Bounded by La Rue Du Colonel; La Rue Pigalle, La Rue Midi, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, La Rue Midi, Unnamed road, La Rue Du Sud, Unnamed road, Farm Rd., Stillwater city limits; Stillwater city limits; Unnamed road
  • 60-54Stillwater township - That part north of State Highway 51, outside Stillwater city and Veterans Village, unincorporated, including the part which is situated entirely within the corporate limits of Stillwater city and which is located south of Highland Dr., west of Payne, north of E. 6th Ave. and east of Stallard Ave. (See separate map for boundaries of Veterans Village)
  • 60-55Stillwater township - That part south of State Highway 51, outside Stillwater city
  • 60-56Union township: Union township - That part east of State Highway 18 to Cushing and east of Unnamed gravel road from Cushing across Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad to south county line, outside Cushing city
  • 60-57Union township - That part west of State Highway 18 to Cushing and west of Unnamed gravel road from Cushing across Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad to south county line, outside Cushing city
  • 60-58Yale city: Yale city - That part east of B
  • 60-59Yale city - That part west of B

Wildfire, 2003 to 2020

76 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 76 of them, burning about 14,227 acres. 9 started naturally and 8 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning18
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,887 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryGLENCOE
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,678 acresPawnee AgencyNORFOLK RD
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,106 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySTILLWATER COMPLEX
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism685 acresKickapoo Field OfficeDEEP ROCK
10 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry80TH STREET FIRE
30 January 2016Debris and open burning437 acresKickapoo Field OfficeOAK GROVE FIRE
15 February 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined285 acresPawnee AgencyEUCHEE
5 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySTILLWATER 1

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1950 to 2026

60 of 847 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 847 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 63 injuries and about $11,140,100 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail409
Thunderstorm Wind329
Tornado59
Flash Flood26
Lightning15
Flood6
Heavy Rain3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1990Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 12 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F2)Stillwater1 killed, 3 hurt, $100,000Tornado B20 (Payne County portion). On January 10,2001 tornadoes B20 and B21 were combined and will be identified as B20. Tornado B21 no longer exists. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports for more information.
May 2019FloodPerkins1 killed, $10,000A woman drove around a high water sign and her car was subsequently swept off the road into about 10 feet of water. Weather was clear and rains had stopped at time of incident.
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Lake Carl Blackwell Dam18 hurtThis tornado was labeled B4 (Stillwater tornado). This tornado developed with mainly tree and power pole/line damage. The tree damage was significant, with several homes impacted as the tornado traveled northeast. Significant roof and siding damage occurred to the homes, with several barns and outbuildings sustaining significant damage or were destroyed altogether. EF-2 damage continued as the tornado moved south of Stillwater, with additional structures sustaining roof damage. A couple of the homes also had collapsed chimneys. The damage lessened in severity over the latter half of the tornado path, with mostly tree damage and minor structural damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
June 1975Tornado (F3)not stated8 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F2)not stated8 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1954Tornado (F2)not stated7 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1984Thunderstorm Windnot stated3 hurtno account filed
April 1970Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 1954Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
September 1998LightningStillwater1 hurtno account filed
April 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
April 1991Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1969Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1956Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCushing$150,000Tree damage was reported around town. Several homes sustained roof damage along with 3 businesses which lost part of their roofs.
July 1997LightningYale$80,000Lightning struck and set fire to a house, destroying the home and its contents.
January 2010LightningCushing$75,000An oil tank was struck by lightning, with over 100 barrels of oil lost. The time was estimated. Monetary damages were also estimated.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGlencoe$75,000Strong winds caused damage across the town. Roofs were blown off three barns. Numerous 4-5 inch diameter tree limbs were downed along with a cedar tree 16-18 inches in diameter snapped off about 8 feet above ground. A mobile home had part of its metal roof taken off along with a quarter of the shingles off the north side of another mobile home to the south. Many homes across town also sustained shingle damage. The north facing overhead door to the VoAg building was blown in while the south door was bent out. However...these were not detached. A pontoon boat was also flipped and blown into the street.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindStillwater$75,000Wind gusts caused minor damage to several dorms and the stadium at Oklahoma State University. An 18 by 24 foot roof structure that covers the boiler and water reservoir at a Best Western was also heavily damaged. Widespread tree damage was reported around town.
May 2016Thunderstorm Wind(Swo)Stillwater Airport$65,000A mobile home was destroyed and blocked Lone Chimney road. Also, power lines were reported own on Perkins and Lone Chimney Roads.
May 2022Tornado (EF1)Perkins$50,000This tornado developed to the west of the Cimarron River near South Union Road and 104th Street. It moved to the east-northeast passing just south of the city limits of Ripley and dissipating about 3 miles east of Ripley. The tornado caused damage to trees, farm buildings and a few mobile homes.
July 2021Tornado (EF1)Yale$50,000A tornado touched down within the bend of the Cimarron River southwest of Yale and traveled almost a mile and a half to the southeast. At the beginning of the path, the tornado damaged oil tanks and trees. Multiple barns were heavily damaged as the tornado moved southeast across E3530 Road. The tornado then turned more south-southeast damaging numerous trees, a barn and a pivot irrigator.
May 2016Tornado (EF2)(Swo)Stillwater Airport$50,000This tornado moved into Payne County from Noble County near Glencoe road moving northeast and then north-northeast crossing back into Noble County between Country Club Road and Sangre Road. At least two houses and two outbuildings were damaged in Payne County in addition to tree and power pole damage.
June 2007Flash FloodStillwater$50,000Twenty-five to thirty roads were barricaded or closed. A few residences had to be evacuated by boat. Cars were stalled/flooded due to high water on a US-177 feeder road on the north side of town. Widespread street flooding was reported throughout Stillwater. The golf course was also reported under water. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 1994HailStillwater$50,000no account filed
July 1994HailStillwater$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindStillwater$50,000no account filed
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Ingalls$30,000A brief QLCS tornado significantly damaged three barns and a shop about a half mile east of Ingalls.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLake Carl Blackwell Dam$25,000A tractor-trailer was overturned along Interstate 35. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindStillwater$25,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a building on the campus of Oklahoma State University. The event location is approximate.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindStillwater$25,000no account filed
June 1988Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1963Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1961Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1961Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCushing$20,000Multiple power poles blown down and roof damage to several buildings in the community of Cushing. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindYale$20,000Structural damage throughout the community of Yale. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCushing$20,000Davis Weather Station observation. Station mounted at an elevation of 31-feet. In addition, numerous 2436-inch diameter trees uprooted along with a roof completely removed from a brick building. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPerkins$20,000Damage to outbuildings, roofs, and trees in and near the community of Perkins. Time is radar estimated.
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Cushing$20,000A tornado was filmed in the northeast portion of Cushing. The tornado produced roof damage at an energy company building as well as some tree damage.
May 2018Thunderstorm Wind(Swo)Stillwater Airport$20,000Mobile home destroyed. Time estimated by nearby reports.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPerkins$20,000A pole barn on West 26th Street was damaged with debris scattered for about 250 yards.
May 1999LightningYale$20,000no account filed
November 1998Tornado (F0)Cushing$20,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMehan$17,000The Mehan Union Church, 6 miles east of Highway 177 on Mehan Road, sustained some damage. Objects inside the church were blown around when the doors, some of which were locked, were blown open. The most significant damage was a stain glass window that was blown into the church and some shingles blown from the east side of the roof.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindStillwater$15,000A pole barn under construction, near the intersection of 6th Street and Country Club, was lifted and thrown over 8 city blocks.
June 2001FloodStillwater$15,000Cars stalled in high water.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindGlencoe$12,000no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF0)(Swo)Stillwater Airport$10,000A tornado touched down near Richmond Road just west of Country Club Road in northern Payne County damaging trees in the area. Trees and outbuildings were also damaged near Lone Chimney Road and Western Road to the northeast. This tornado may not have been continuous along this path.
May 2024Flash FloodGlencoe$10,000Roadway flooding in the community of Glencoe and along portions of Oklahoma Highway 108 three miles south of the community. Relayed image showing a portion of VFW road washed out. Event time is approximate.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPerkins$10,000Extensive tree damage, including numerous trees blocking city streets, in the community of Perkins. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCushing$10,000Several large tree limbs blown down along with significant damage to a carport. Power lines were also reported down in the vicinity.
August 2019Flash FloodIngalls$10,000Road washed out at the intersection of 44TH and Ripley as well as just east of intersection of Ripley and 32ND street.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Stillwater$10,000An outbuilding and detached garage were significantly damaged by a brief QLCS tornado.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindStillwater$10,000Several tree limbs and whole trees blew down, with some of the limbs going through roofs.

Mines and quarries

79 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 79 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 71 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken40
Sand and Gravel, Construction21
Copper14
Silver5
Clay3
Gold1
Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burwell ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1901, 1907, 1918
Unknown Clay PitClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bethel WestCopper, SilverOccurrenceChalcocite, Malachite
Council CreekCopper, SilverOccurrenceMalachite
R.B. French ProspectCopper, SilverPast Producer1907
Stillwater East-5Copper, SilverOccurrence1975
Ripley EastCopperOccurrence1955
Ripley East SoutheastCopperOccurrence1955
Stillwater East-1CopperOccurrence1975
Stillwater East-2CopperOccurrence1975
Stillwater East-3CopperOccurrence1975
Stillwater East-4CopperOccurrence1972
West Point SseCopperOccurrence1975
West Point-NortheastCopperOccurrence1985
Wild Horse CreekCopperOccurrenceMalachite
Amc Trucking Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Evans and AssociatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irwin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kerns Construction Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stewart Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stewart Stone-CushingStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

20

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 5 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Stillwater, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1948

Cushing, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1938

Perkins, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1898 to 1925

Yale, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1911 to 1922

Ripley, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1925

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

7 structures

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.